“Hold please for the President of the United States.” You know what the call is about. Your book caught the big trend just right. All day long...
Catching the Wave: Why Hitting a Book Trend Is Harder Than It Looks
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Writing A Book
You’ve Got Questions. WallyBot has Answers
If you're thinking about writing a business book. you've probably got a lot of questions. Sure, you can search the web for answers. You can poke...
Your Business Book Can Be Your Masterpiece
The young man bites his lip nervously. Under his breath, he offers a prayer to St Dunstan as he waits for the guild wardens to rule. He’s been...
How To Write a Great Business Book
About one gazillion business books are published every year. A lot of them are awful. Some of them are okay. A few are good. Very, very few are...
Hook Your Reader: The Chapter One Checklist
You wrote a great book, and you worked your tail off marketing it. That’s great, but it’s just the start. For the book to make a difference in your...
5 Things to Do When You Finish the First Draft of Your Business Book
You finished your first draft. That’s great, but it’s only the start. The bad news is that you’ve got to do a lot more work to whip that first draft...
What to do when your friends say you should write a book
Your friends think you’re pretty smart. They know you’re a hard worker and that you achieve your goals. They’re impressed with your ideas. They...
If you want to write better, learn to focus better
Consistent writers tend to be the most productive writers. My experience and the experience of working with clients for 25 years send the same...
How my clients stayed consistent all the way to the end of their book project
Writing a book is a lot like running an endurance race. In the beginning, there’s a lot of excitement. Friends and family encourage you. They tell...
Writing Your First Book: How Do You Know if the Juice Is Worth the Squeeze?
If you’re writing your first business book, you don’t know what you don’t know. I sure didn’t when I got started. I was a complete rookie. I had...